mewithoutYou is an AlternativeRock Band (formerly) signed to Tooth and Nail Records, known for their spoken word vocals, introspective lyrics and almost hookless instrumentation. We could clarify more, [[GenreBusting but it gets tougher to with every album.]]

----!!mewithoutYou provides examples of the following tropes:* AnimalMotifs: Put in increasing use with each successive album. Notable examples are, of course, "The Fox, The Crow, And The Cookie," the Spider trilogy of songs on ''Brother, Sister''.** Reaches its logical conclusion in ''Ten Stories'', whose protagonists of the entire album are made up of at least three different animals.* ConceptAlbum: ''Ten Stories'', in a loose sense.* DespairEventHorizon: Another running theme reaching its absolute peak with "January 1979." Mostly averted with ''It's All Crazy! It's All False!''* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: ''It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright!''* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Nearly every track on ''Ten Stories'', to the point where it can be jarring when an individual track from the album comes up on shuffle.* FakeOutFadeOut: Played with in "We Know Who Our Enemies Are". The song ends with a riff that slowly fades out, only to fade back in, before abruptly ending.* GenreBusting: Is it post-rock? Is it folk pop? Is it indie rock? Is it hard rock? All these things and more, with a dressing of spoken-word lyrics.** Adding to the stew of genres, their earlier work is in the post-hardcore genre.* GreyAndGrayMorality: The animals in ''Ten Stories'' may have wrecked the circus train, but the humans only show themselves to be less and less sympathetic as the album goes on.* HeroicSacrifice: ''Ten Stories'' begins with Elephant performing one. [[RockOperaPlot It didn't end well.]]* HurricaneOfPuns: The onion puns in "Julian the Onion."* IncrediblyLamePun: In "Fiji Mermaid", Weiss quips, "Maybe there'll be a bakery hiring/We'll need a little dough to get by." There is an audible groan in the background, which is actually printed in the lyric sheet as well.* KangarooCourt: One is set up for Elephant during "Elephant in the Dock."* MythologyGag: "January 1979" begins with a crash. Three albums later, "February, 1878" opens with a circus train crashing.* NewSoundAlbum: ''Its All Crazy! Its All False! Its All a Dream! Its Alright!'' is mostly acoustic with singing vocals and much more upbeat lyrical content. ** Also Creates a BrokenBase of the TheyChangedItNowItSucks variety.** Subverted with ''Ten Stories'', which seems to marry the two styles to general fandom acclaim.* NotChristianRock: Sorta. In interviews Aaron Weiss--a Christian who takes inspiration from Sufism and other religious traditions--comments that his lyrics are almost entirely personal in nature, and not targeted toward any particular audience (religious or otherwise). Even so, his religious views are evident in almost everything he sings. In essence, the songs detail more the struggles and triumphs in a religious man's life rather than being anything like straightforward worship songs (though a few of those sneak in here and there).* SequelSong: "Nice and Blue", from ''A→B Life'', and "Nice and Blue, Pt. 2" from ''Brother, Sister.''* TragicHero: ''Ten Stories''' Elephant, in a sense.----